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Bravo Hits the Ground Running in Return to California
44+ min ago (636+ words) One of the new faces in the Del Mar jockey room this summer is actually a rider who tried California a few years ago before deciding to return to his east coast roots in Florida. That was in 2023. Now Joe…...
Rodrigoknows Proves Best in Thursday Del Mar Feature
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (165+ words) The gray veteran Rodrigoknows walked his beat in fine fashion Thursday at Del Mar and came home a winner by a length and a quarter in the allowance feature at a mile on the main track. The 6-year-old by Cat…...
Umberto Rispoli on Rehab, Journalism, and Karaoke
1+ week, 1+ day ago (532+ words) It has been nearly eight months since Jockey Umberto Rispoli’s horrific accident during the running of the Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint. Rispoli’s mount Unconquerable Keen clipped heels with another horse, sending the rider over his left shoulder and crashing hard…...
Joe Harper Named 22nd Recipient of Pincay, Jr. Award
1+ week, 1+ day ago (258+ words) Joe Harper, the leader of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club for nearly five decades, has been named the 22nd winner of the prized Laffit Pincay, Jr. Award. He’ll be honored at Del Mar on Saturday, August 22, as part of the joyful…...
Lucky N Smart Fires in Lane to Take Down Friday Feature
1+ week, 1+ day ago (189+ words) The gelding Lucky N Smart has had a late start in life. He didn’t make it to the races until his 4-year-old season, and only for two races then. But he’s come back firing as a 5-year-old, scoring in a…...
Pacific Classic Shorts: Guide to Del Mar's Big One
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1014+ words) Best Pal winning the 1991 Pacific Classic Del Mar’s piece de resistance – its race of races – comes up a week from Saturday. This will be the 36th edition of the mile and a quarter Classic and it has some history to go…...
Hernandez, Baffert Strike Again as Holmby Takes Sorrento at Del Mar
1+ week, 6+ day ago (347+ words) Rider Juan Hernandez, who teamed up with top trainer Bob Baffert at Del Mar Saturday to tally a most impressive score with their colt Hughes in the Best Pal Stakes, did the deed again Sunday, this time getting the money…...
Baffert, Hernandez Team Up to get First-Timer Himari Home
2+ week, 2+ day ago (139+ words) Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Baffert, Hernandez Team Up to get First-Timer Himari Home Trainer Bob Baffert and jockey Juan Hernandez teamed up Thursday at Del Mar to get first-time starter Himari – a 3-year-old filly by Nyquist who…...
Seven Cal-Bred Juveniles Battle Friday in Graduation
2+ week, 4+ day ago (197+ words) The Graduation Stakes, a race with an extended history at Del Mar and one of its eight Golden State Series races for the summer of ’26, will be up for grabs Friday afternoon when seven youngsters meet the starter for Race…...
Favored Free Closer Romps in Sunday's CTBA at Del Mar
2+ week, 6+ day ago (360+ words) Reddam Racing’s Free Closer, the 4/5 favorite in a field of six, tracked nicely early in the five and a half-furlong Sunday feature that was the CTBA Stakes for 2-year-old fillies and just went on about her business through the lane…...